My daughter's symptoms are fatigue, brain fog, scalloped tongue as well as not being able to lose weight. By process of elimination, she has determined that she is intolerant to soy but not to gluten.
Her ob/gyn ordered labs. The results are below.
TSH 2.1 range .5 - 4.7
free T4 1.17 range .73 - 1.95
The CBC results were in normal range except for a couple of values relating to white blood counts. They were low.
Although I have low thyroid, I have never been able to wrap my mind around the the thyroid lab values.
Could Tex or someone help us with the lab values? My daughter is 23.
Thanks in advance.
Daughter's lab values
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Daughter's lab values
Brenda
Hi Brenda,
Since I believe that most soy sensitivities are due to molecular mimicry, caused by a primary sensitivity to the alpha gliadin (wheat) peptide, I tend to believe that a soy sensitivity without a sensitivity to wheat gluten is very unlikely. But . . . of course, I'm not a doctor. For 99 bucks, EnteroLab could remove any questions about a gluten sensitivity.
And as you are probably well aware, the fatigue, scalloped tongue, and inability to lose weight are strongly associated with hypothyroidism. If her average resting daily temperature (taken about mid-afternoon) is consistently at least a degree or 2 low, that would be very strong supporting evidence of hypothyroidism. I wonder why her doctor didn't also check her Free T3. That might (or might not) have provided some very helpful information. But I have to agree — the lab results that you posted certainly don't suggest any thyroid problems.
If the CBC showed a low white cell count, that could be an indication of autoimmune issues (but of course there are other possibilities, also). I'm guessing that her doctor didn't test for antibodies to her thyroid, to rule out Hashimoto's.
Tex
Since I believe that most soy sensitivities are due to molecular mimicry, caused by a primary sensitivity to the alpha gliadin (wheat) peptide, I tend to believe that a soy sensitivity without a sensitivity to wheat gluten is very unlikely. But . . . of course, I'm not a doctor. For 99 bucks, EnteroLab could remove any questions about a gluten sensitivity.
And as you are probably well aware, the fatigue, scalloped tongue, and inability to lose weight are strongly associated with hypothyroidism. If her average resting daily temperature (taken about mid-afternoon) is consistently at least a degree or 2 low, that would be very strong supporting evidence of hypothyroidism. I wonder why her doctor didn't also check her Free T3. That might (or might not) have provided some very helpful information. But I have to agree — the lab results that you posted certainly don't suggest any thyroid problems.
If the CBC showed a low white cell count, that could be an indication of autoimmune issues (but of course there are other possibilities, also). I'm guessing that her doctor didn't test for antibodies to her thyroid, to rule out Hashimoto's.
Tex
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